PIDtoolbox Q&A #05 | Live Basement Tune 

Thanks to all of you.

Lots of valuable info here, subbed!

another super interesting video the part about TPA is awesome, thank you for that! using your tool now on all my quads and when I think how hard and time-consuming I did tune some of them it is so much more fun and easier doing it this way, just one recommendation would love to see a video starting with basement tuning - PD Gain and BD balance maybe with a quad where Pitch does need different values (deadcat designs 7" and bigger could give tons of logs about that topic :) - going over filters and to the Final touch I and other small tweaks :) THANK YOU

Subbed! PID Toolbox is the Swiss army knife in your tuning box. 💜

Awesome!! More nuggets of info. Thank you!

this is awesome stuff! I managed to tune my quad in no time.

FYI: there are many ways you could effectively get a “finger print” of your copter’s step response profile and make a decision about what the optimal PIDs should be. We opted for PD gain steps because from practice it seemed the quickest route to finding the optimal, in part because PD balance in BF4.2 is by default pretty good for most builds, and there's a wide tuning window for D. When we see this slow overshoot continue to decrease as PD gain is increased, it is an indicator that the gain is closing the error gap, and is therefore not related to low D gain, but instead is acting to stop I term from winding up, which is the basis for the slow overshoot/oscillation in this case (i.e., it optimizes the 'PI' portion of the PIDs). The point at which PD gain no longer reduces the I-related overshoot we stop. Any remaining overshoot is therefore D-related, and some fine tuning of PD balance then may be necessary. Note: Recommendations may change as BF and BF sliders develop.

Impressive tuning guide! How about tuning with angle mode so it will be easier to control the drone inside ??

We definetely need linux version of 0.42 )

Great video. Really good explanation of how to adjust TPA. How do you decide whether to use TPA on D-Term only (bf default) or on P and D?

Did you lower your rates to make it more controllable in the confined space?

15:13, you said magnitude, did you put the psd result in sqare root form?

After tuning do you just add back FF by feel or do you log a FF sweep the same way as the PIDs?